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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, NeTmbr 18, 1859 TORNADO PLACES 0 SO CONFERENCE ALL-STAR 1st T Gary Riley, Mo. Jiminez, Phil Sword Unanimously Selected in Annual Poll Gary Riley, the transfer who gave a welcome, healthy lift to the Medford high Black Tor nado, Tackle Modesto Jiminez the "Mighty Mo guy" of the Klamath Falls line and Phil Sword, husky stalwart in the Ashland forward wall, took top honors in the 1955 Medford Mail Tribune poll to chose a South ern Oregon Conference, all-star football team. They were unani mous selections. Riley was one of four Med ford gridders picked for the first eleven in the annual vote of sportscasters, sportswriters and head coaches in the four confer ence towns. Klamath Falls placed three and Grants Pass and Ashland each one. Members of the conference and district champion Black Tor nado gaining the No. 1 all-star crew with Riley were End Dick Copple, the teams placekicking star and a two-way flankman and Tackle Neil Plumley and Guard Monte Hoist, a pair of tough, rugged dependable scrap pers, who also played both of fense and defense for the Tornado. Klamath Falls placed capable End Bill Badorek and fleet Half back David Flipse were Grants Pass players chosen. Picked from Ashland with Sword was Fullback Harry Johnson, an other sparkling runner. Slaven, Jiminez Repeat Slaven and Jiminez repeated from 1954 selections as first string all-stars while lolst and Johnson moved up from their second team berths of 1954. The No. 1 contingent of 1955 boasts a rugged and hefty line. Backfield weight is light over ell but lack of size is made up for in speed, shiftiness and breakaway ability. Should the all-star line take the field as a unit, it would aver age 792 pounds per man, accord ing to listed weights. Jiminez tops the avoirdupois at 208, fol lowed by Plumley at 205 and Slaven at 200. Sword is listed at 190. All four members of the 155 pound average backfield are ca pable of breaking loose for long gains. Riley, who came from Baker to join the Tornado for its third game of the year, is the heaviest of the backs at 164 and has speed and fight to go with his speed. Flipse, 150, like Riley, was new to his team this year. He came to the Cavemen from the midwest. With McGill, 155, a halfback like Riley and Flipse, its a backfield without a quar terback. Johnson, 152, was a fullback and half for the Griz zlies. Seniors, seven of them, domi- (Vodk in orange juice) Hi It leaves you breathless 1. nate the first team. Copple, Plumley, Riley and McGill are the juniors. Eleven votes were cast in the poll and the results were tabu lated by the Mail Tribune. One sportscaster declined to vote. Two ballots were not completely filled. Two points were awarded for a first team vote and one for second team selection. On that basis Jiminez, Riley and Sword each received 22 points. Copple polled 10 first team nominations for 20 points. Flipse came next with 19 counters and McGill col lected 13. Hottest balloting was at the tackle spots, Slaven with 17 points and Plumley with 15 beat ing out Bob Harshbarger, Klam alh Falls, and Gary Krause, Grants Pass, who had 14 apiece. Johnson's 13 points gave him a pne-point edge over Donn Tau cher for the first string back field spot. 3 Tornadoes on 2nd Medford placed Guard Jack Gregory and Backs Larry Gober and Mike Hawkins on the sec end team. Hawkins edged Gary Hermann, Grants Pass for the fourth backfield position. Klam ath Falls had four, Grants Pass, three and Ashland one on the second crew. Tackle Harshbar ger, Klamath Falls, and Tackle Gary Krause and Guard Jim Dean, repeated as second team choices. End Gene Parent, Ash land, first team member in 1954, was a second team choice this year. Tornado players receiving honorable mention were Ends Jerry Gatlin and Mike Stearns, Guard Bob Apple and Back Dick McLaughlin. At least two points were need ed to gain mention. Those voting in the poll were Head Coaches John McGinnis, Klamath Falls; Fred Spiegel berg, Medford; Mel Ingram, Grants Pass, and Al Simpson, Ashland; Sportscasters Tom Mac Leod, KYJC, Medford; Dave Al len, KUIN, Grants Pass, and J. Warren Bunyan, KFJI, Klamath Falls, and Sportswriters George Curtis, Daily Courier, Grants Pass; Glen Prescott, Daily Tid ings, Ashland; Clayton Harmon, Herald and News, Klamath Falls, and Dick Jewett, Mail Tribune, Medford. 1955 Medfor4 Mail Tribune SOUTHERN OREGON CONFERENCE ALL-STAR FOOTBALL SQUAD FIRST TEAM Player and Points Po. Dick Copple, Med. (20") E Bill Badorek. KF (16) E- Arnold Slaven, GP (17) T Neil Plumley. Med. (15) T Modesto Jiminez, KF (22) G . Monte Hoist. Med. (16) G Phil Sword, Ash. (22) C Gary Riley. Med. (22) B David Flipse. GP (19) B Lee McGill. KF-(18) B Harry Johnson, Ash. (13) B SECOND TEAM Player and Points Gene Parent, Ash. ( 9 ) Larry fclcFarland. GP ( 8 ) Bob Harshbarger, KF (14) Gary Krause. GP (14) Jim Dean, GP (11) Jack Gregory, Med. ( 8 ) Cal Tichenor. KF ( B ) Donn Taucher, KF (12) Butch Kimpton, KF ( 8 ) Larry Gober, Med. ( 8 ) Mike Hawkins, Med. ( 7 ) HONORABLE MENTION: Ends Jerry Gatlin, Med. (3), Larry Heaton, KF (2), Mike Stearns, Med. (2). Guards Roy Ropp, KF (2), Bob Apple, Med. (2). Center Larry Walker, GP (2). Backs Gary Hermann, GP (6), Allan Drews, GP (5), Dick Mc Laughlin, Med. (4), Chuck Nevi, GP (4). MedfosdwTribuns emi-final scheduled Portland (U.R) Portland, Eu gene, Dallas and Toledo will be the scenes tonight of semi-final action in Oregon high school football playoffs as 14 teams are left in the running for four state titles. Three games, including the six-man championship clash be tween Glide and Culver at Cul ver, will be played Saturday aft ernoon. Top game tonight is between Gresham and Jefferson, two un beaten A-l powers. A large crowd is expected at Multnomah Stadium in Portland for this clash despite adverse weather. Winner of this game will meet the Marshfield-Washington win ner in Multnomah Stadium next Friday night for the A-l title. Marshfield hosts Washington to morrow afternoon at Coos Bay. Both A-2 semi-final games are tonight. Defending champion Vale travels to Eugene to meet Junction City while Tillamook is at Dallas. The other Friday night game Tommy Holmes To Get Preview Tl Li , , n x-uruana u.rj Tommy Holmes, one-time National League batting star who has been named new manager of the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League, will arrive here tonight for a preview of his new home town. Holmes, Who skippered Fort Worth in the Texas League last season, was named to succeed Clay Hopper who resigned. Joe Ziegler, general manager of the Portland club, said Holmes would meet with Beaver offi cials Saturday and then begin a round of personal appearances. Bill Fleming, who was re hired as coach, is expected to fly here from Willows, Calif., to take part in discussions about the 1956 Portland team with Holmes. mimoff tfte qreafest name "VOUKA 80proof. Madefrom 100 grain neutialspiriu. Sre. Pierre Smirnoff Fls. Inc.. Hartford.Conn. Sports Broadcasts Radio station KYJC will broadcast the California-Stanford football game at 1:15 p.m. Saturday while station ' KWIN will carry the Oregon Oregon State fray at the same hour. Station KMED will air the Michigan-Ohio State mix at 10:15 a.m. Saturday. Tele vision station KBES will bring the USC-UCLA tussle at 1:15 p.m. Saturday and the San Francisco Forty-Niners-Green Bay Packers game at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Grid Committee Has No Changes In Mind in Rules New1 York (U.R) The Foot ball Coaches association rules committee has "no new rule changes in mind" and feels that the present code "is as good as we could hope to have," Lou Little of Columbia, the commit tee chairman, reported Thurs day. Little said there has been little agitation for any changes in the rules of football this season. Perhaps the biggest demand for any rules action, he said, has been for the placing of a curb on false starts, more commonly known as the "sucker shift." The more liberal substitution rule adopted before the present season is "universally liked," Little said. Little said there was only a smattering of agitation for a re turn of the two-platoon system, placing the goal posts on the goal lines and for permitting players to run with opponents' fumble recoveries. But he said these rules were not likely to be adopted. ' , CHAMPION LEADS FIELD Finehurst, N.C. (U.R) Defend ing champion John W, Roberts of Columbus, Ohio, led a field of 160 players today as the 25th an nual Southern Seniors Golf championship got underway. The 54-hole medal play tourna ment will . continue through Sunday. WM X"TRA EGG ) 0pera,e. ) Jjfeg producer Profy A perfecf balance of proteins, viiomins and minerals with ether essential feed values. Triangle X-tra Egg Producer helps your hens reach their highest laying average and that means operating at a profit. This "famous formula" feed is crammed with special egg-producing nutrients that layers need. Prove it yourself with more eggs. A SAMSON FEED & SEED CO. 4th & Front - Medford - 2-5295 N. Tlltomk POUTUNOU OftEGOM Tussles by Freps is a class B semi-final between Monroe and Siletz at Toledo. Un ion and Malin meet in the other B semi-final contest tomorrow afternoon at Klamath Falls. Sites for the A-2 and class B finals will be chosen early next week. Gun Club Has Turkey Shoot Medford Gun club will hold its second turkey shoot of the Thanksgiving holiday event is season on Sunday. The pre- Thanksgiving holiday event is scheduled rain or shine. Firing will start at 9 a.m. and will continue through the day. There will be competition for various classes in the scatter gun event and contests are also slated for non-shooters. Participation is open to the public and persons interested are invited to watch the shoot ing. Lunch will be available at the club grounds under sponsor ship of Central Point Lions club. Among prizes will be turkeys, hams and bacon. About 100 persons braved in clement weather to turn out last Sunday for the opening turkey shoot of the season. Some 50 tur keys were awarded as prizes. Dick Skeeters. one of the top shooters of the club, collected three turkeys. , The club grounds are just west of Crater Lake highway Four Corners. CONERLY HOBBLED New York (U.R) Charley Conerly, the New York Giants' No. 1 quarterback, may see only limited duty against the Phila delphia Eagles Sunday because of a charley horse high up on his right thigh. Conerly has been taking treatments all week but the leg still has not' loosened up. If he is unable to start, then the signal - calling assignment will go to Don Heinrich. Tacoma (U.R) Pacific Luther an downed College of Puget Sound 19-0 yesterday with an aerial attack despite two inches of snow on the ground to grab second place in the Evergreen football conference. Make All-League 1st Aggregation DICK COPPLE End MONTE HOLST Guard GARY RILEY Back - NEIL PLUMLEY Tackle yf j Watch this space Your Number May Be Next! Balanced Construction. 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And it let Rowan sign his own contract for the fight while man ager Carmen Graziano was un der fire. The Pennsylvania Com mission revoked Graziano's li cense Thursday. Willie, who hails from New Orleans, but now lives in Miami, is favored at 3-1 because of his speed and agility. His left jab and his fancy footwork were primarily responsible for 33 vic tories in 41 bouts. A compara tively light puncher, he knocked out only eight. Each will be risking an un beaten streak tonight Pastrano 13, and Rowan, nine. Football Player Buys Only Grandstand Ticket Pullman, Wash. (U.R) The rugged individual who pur chased the only grandstand ticket on the day of the game to the Washington State-San Jose State football game hero last Saturday in near-zero "weather has been found. And he turned out to be a football player him--self. Washington State officials said , the fan was Charles Moore, a 17-, year-old all-league end on the Harrington high school 'team. 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